KUCHING – PKR today announced the names of 27 candidates who will represent the party in the Sarawak election slated on December 18.
Sarawak PKR leadership council secretary Joshua Jabeng said after much consideration, the party decided to contest only for the seats where they have higher chances of winning.
“The rationale behind this is not just to contest, but more importantly is to win… that’s why we decided to contest for seats we are confident we can win.
“Besides, we will not contest the seats contested by DAP... it’s to avoid overlaps. That’s our principle and spirit in Pakatan Harapan (PH),” he told a press conference at Sarawak PKR headquarters here.
Yesterday, acting Sarawak PKR leadership council chairman Abang Zulkifli Abang Engkeh said the party would contest 49 out of the 82 seats in the state election.
Meanwhile, state PKR election director Dominique Ng said the party acted rationally by not fielding its candidates in the seats where the party had no hope of winning.
“Actually, the 49 seats that we mentioned earlier were focused seats, but we didn’t say we will contest in reality. We would rather focus more on the winnable seats than put our candidates in areas where we have absolutely no chance.
“Right now, it seems like (there are) a lot of other parties… so we decided to reduce our seats because we need to be realistic in our expectations. That’s why we rather had a drastic reduction,” he said.
Ng said the party, however, may make a last-minute change and add a few more names to the list.
“But there will certainly be no big fight with DAP, because we are running under the same PH (umbrella),” he said.
The following is the list of PKR candidates for the 12th Sarawak election:
1. Opar – Meneng Biris
2. Tupong – Ahmad Nazib Johari
3. Satok – Nor Dahlia Esapian Eyau
4. Batu Lintang – Cherishe Ng
5. Asajaya – Mahmud Epah
6. Serembu – Micheal Sawing
7. Tarat – Christo Micheal
8. Tebedu – Senior William Rade
9. Sadong Jaya – Piee Ling
10. Lingga – Abang Abd Kasim Abang Bujang
11. Beting Maro – Abang Zulkifli Abang Engkeh
12. Saribas – Patrick Kamis
13. Bukit Saban – Mikail Mathew Abdullah
14. Ngemah – Satu Anchom
15. Machan – M. Fauzi @ Joseph Usit
16. Tellian – Mohd Arwin Abdullah
17. Balingian – Abdul Jalil Bujang
18. Kakus – Joshua Jabeng
19. Katibas – Munan Laja
20. Murum – Ani Amat
21. Bekenu – Norhafizah Johari
22. Lambir – Zolhaidah Suboh
23. Marudi – Elias Lipi
24. Telang Usan – Philip Jau Ding
25. Mulu – Roland Engan
26. Batu Danau – Racha Balang
27. Ba’kelalan – Martin Samuel Labo – Bernama, December 3, 2021
